SUNIL KUMAR MTNL VPN

Using this, corporate employees can do all the works for which otherwise they have to come to office. It will be just extension of office up to their home. There will be no access limitations. MTNL will be extending this facility for one month without any additional charge, just to enable smooth work from home, said MNTL.

MTNL had initially expected the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) optees to touch 13,500, but the numbers have already reached 13,532 employees, with nearly two weeks left to go before the closing date for exercising the option.

"The total pending payment of BSNL and MTNL vendors is around Rs 20,000 crore. Banks have started putting pressure on vendors to clear their dues. All vendors will jointly stage a protest on November 19. If payments are not made within 10 days thereafter, they will approach NCLT for liquidation of BSNL and MTNL," a senior industry body executive said.

Sources said the DoT is working out the exact liability that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Ltd, and other telecom operators owe to the government following the October 24 Supreme Court judgment on the way statutory dues such as license fee and spectrum usage charge has to be calculated. The demand notices will be issued in next two weeks.

BSNL Chairman Pravin Kumar Purwar says the cash strapped company is monetising land assets to improve revenue while cutting operational costs in the absence of any financial support from the government.